Hatching and Brooding Your Own Chicks Book

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From Fertilized Egg to Baby Chick and Beyond

Learn all about hatching and brooding your own chicks with this helpful book. Chicken expert Gail Damerow shares essential information about acquiring and brooding hatchlings and what to expect from your young charges as they grow. You'll also find extensive information about the hatching process, from broody hens to incubating eggs.

Includes hatching and brooding information on chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and guinea fowl
Filled with full-color photos
Paperback
Written by Gail Damerow
10-3/4" x 8-3/4"
239 pp.

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CONTENTS
Introduction

Part 1: The Chicks
1. Acquiring Your First Chicks
2. Setting Up Your Brooder
3. Managing Water, Feed, and Bedding
4. What to Expect as They Grow
5. Hatchling Health Issues

Part 2: The Eggs
6. The Broody Hen
7. Selecting an Incubator
8. Eggs for Hatching
9. Operating an Incubator
10. What Went Wrong?
11. Hatchling Identification

Appendix: Screwpot Notions
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Resources
Index
Interior Photography Credits

Video 1